It was a real pleasure to join the Oxford Seed Fund and Oxford Sa?d Entrepreneurship Centre yesterday for a pitch day. We had a powerful conversation on founder performance and were inspired by a range of impressive student ventures—clever tech, ambitious teams, and bold visions for impact across the Oxford ecosystem. A heartfelt thank you to Kathy Harvey, Callum Usher-Dodd, Arif A. Wani, and your teams for the warm welcome back to campus. And big appreciation to the founders for bringing such great energy and ideas to the room. Lume Health SamudraOceans Kestrix LatusPet Gyre Energy Allia Health Little Place Labs
The Yope Foundation
风险投资与私募股权管理人
San Francisco，CA 3,010 位关注者
We empower the purpose-driven founders and leaders to build companies that ignite positive global change.
关于我们
We empower the purpose-driven of founders and leaders to build companies that ignite positive global change. Our Founder Performance Program is designed for purpose-driven founders committed to reaching and sustaining peak personal and professional performance to scale their ventures and create unparalleled impact. For more information or to apply to our one-year program, visit www.yope.org.
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https://www.yope.org
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- 所属行业
- 风险投资与私募股权管理人
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- 11-50 人
- 总部
- San Francisco，CA
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2013
- 领域
- Entrepreneurship、Innovation、Funding、Education、Leadership、Well-being、Sustainability和Conscious Innovation
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Join us at Oxford Sa?d Entrepreneurship Centre tomorrow! We’re excited to be back at Oxford!
?? Two days you don't want to miss this week! Join us at Sa?d Business School, University of Oxford for two exciting, FREE events: ?? Wednesday 26 March | 13:00–14:30 PM ?? Meet Michael Baum, founder of Splunk (acquired by Cisco for $28.8B) and The Yope Foundation, discussing 'founder performance' and how high-performing ventures and entrepreneurs are built. ?? https://lnkd.in/e6ZnMAp9 ?? Thursday 27 March | 16:30 PM ?? Nestworking returns - our relaxed networking event in the Nest, connecting Oxford’s innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. ?? https://lnkd.in/dJTmQBiD EnSpire Oxford
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It was a big pleasure sharing my story about my personal struggles and health issues on my path way to a new personal definition of what success means ?? https://lnkd.in/dZGjvMci https://lnkd.in/dPnPCdUp The Yope Foundation KONUX Manage and More by UnternehmerTUM UnternehmerTUM Regulate Michael Baum Vlad Lata Maximilian Hasler Dennis Humhal Chris Seybold Johnny Bowman Zack B. SPARC. Podcast #VentureAthlete #Love #Friendship
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Congratulations to our friends at Critical for launching their fantastic firm. We are happy to be in partnership with you guys to bring funding and support to the next-generation of incredible founders.
Today I’m excited to announce the launch of our firm, Critical. In many ways, this began a long time ago. Growing up, the people I admired most spent time on problems that mattered. This began with my parents, a doctor and a journalist. In college, I met students who took a similar approach. Zack and Jake were tackling the opioid crisis and Ofek was expanding food access. They saw things that were broken and began doing something about it. We started Critical for these founders: young people who see the world as their responsibility. Critical is an inception stage venture firm that invests in exceptional students tackling major crises. Our thesis is that student founders have historically built the world’s most valuable companies and this time around they’re solving pressing challenges. This is already happening. Halen, Luke, and Michael, are creating fossil-free fuel & chemicals; Matthew is mining metals from electronic waste; Gregory is developing a new way to diagnose life-threatening diseases. We’re grateful to partner with them. With that, I feel lucky to build this firm with people I admire. My co-founders are my twin brother, Sam, and longtime friend Seungkwon. Since we were kids, Sam and I had an unspoken dream that we would one day work together. It’s not accidental that we call Seungkwon our triplet. We founded Critical with Wharton’s amazing Tyler Wry, the first believer in this mission. David Beisel has become one of our closest mentors. Gus embodies the type of empathy I strive to have. And our 39 incredible student investment partners inspire my day to day work. We’re grateful for our backers and thought partners, a mix of founders, investors and healthcare & energy executives, including Adam Miller, Aarti Chandna, Gary Swidler, Dan Mendelson, and Seth Goldman. Thank you to John, Lauren, and Goodwin; Nils, Lisa, Michael, and the whole John McNeil Studio team; Notably; Or and Chen for the day to day; and Tim De Chant for covering our story. In the next decade, students will build some of the most innovative solutions to today’s urgent problems. If you’re a student founder working on something that matters, I’d love to talk.
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We’re at START Global Summit in Switzerland this week. Who should we meet with? Hit us up if you’re a startup team in attendance or have any recommendations.
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Entrepreneurs spend countless hours building their startups, but how often do they focus on building themselves? ?? Last week, we had the privilege of hosting Michael Baum, serial entrepreneur and founder of The Yope Foundation, for a special event where he heard pitches and shared valuable insights that challenged the way we think about founder success and emphasized the importance of rethinking Founder Performance. ?? Founders should be treated like Venture Athletes. Just like elite athletes optimize their mindset, energy, and performance, founders need the same level of support and training to work smarter, prevent burnout, and sustain long-term success. Shifting the focus to the whole founder is critical to fostering entrepreneurs and helping the next world-changing ventures reach their potential—and that’s exactly why the YOPE Foundation is working to empower founders with the tools they need to thrive. A special thanks to?Antonio DiMeglio, J.D., and his venture,?Coeus Collective,?for helping to make the day such a success! ?? Learn more about the event, the three pillars of Founder Performance, and other insights from the day in our recap at: https://lnkd.in/ei97YCRT Interested in being part of the YOPE accelerator? ?? Our NYU application is open until March 31st. Submit your application today by visiting: https://lnkd.in/e6aVzMVs #NYU #BerkleyCenter #Entrepreneurship #FounderPerformance #VentureAthletes #Startups #MichaelBaum #NYUStern #FounderWellness
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Thank you NYU Stern School of Business for a special event last week. We heard fantastic student pitches and engaged in great conversation about how optimizing your performance is a game changer as a founder. We're invested in human excellence just as much as venture success. To assume you can build a great venture without a great founding team would be to put the cart before the horse. Special shout out to Cynthia Franklin and your wonderful team for hosting us, and Coeus Collective for live streaming the event.
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Big shoutout to the Venture Lab at University of Pennsylvania for hosting the Yope team this week! ?? Incredible conversations with student founders who are building the future of — your ambition and ideas are next-level. Special thanks to Tyler Wry, Trang Pham, and Irina Y. for your hospitality and for fostering such a powerhouse of innovation. If you’re an up and coming founder working on a high impact, deep tech venture, this is your moment. $100K in funding. 1 year of executive coaching. A global network of awesome founders and VCs. Ready to go all in? Apply now at Yope. (yope.org/apply)???? Michael Baum Johnny Bowman Chris Seybold Zach B.
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Yesterday, we had a great visit with The ESG Initiative at the Wharton School, where we engaged with students passionate about impact investing. Huge thanks to Witold Henisz and his team for hosting a thoughtful discussion on the evolving landscape of impact investment and innovation. Some key topics we explored: ?? Local vs. Global Investing – Striking the right balance between community-driven and international opportunities. ?? Political Climate & Investment – How shifting policies shape capital allocation and risk assessment. ?? Entrepreneurial Mindset in Investing – How investors can think like innovators to understand forces of change and impact. Excited to continue these conversations as we scout the next generation of founders! yope.org/apply Michael Baum Johnny Bowman Zach B. Tyler Wry
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Yesterday at Drexel, Michael dropped some hard-hitting truths: Founder performance isn’t just an advantage—it’s survival. If you want to build something that lasts, you need the endurance, resilience, and mindset to sustain high performance over time. As he put it: ?? “Running a company is an endurance sport; it requires sustained peak performance at the highest level and a mindset of growth, grit, and resilience.” At Yope, we don’t just fund founders—we build them. If you're a student or recent alum with an impactful tech venture, apply now at yope.org/apply. ? $100K in funding ? 1 year of elite coaching from top founders ? A community that pushes you to go further, faster Thank you to Chuck Sacco & Drexel University's Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship for hosting us and to the student ventures that presented as well! Aer Cosmetic SEEd HER AltruMed Meddibia Michael Baum Johnny Bowman Chris Seybold Zach B.